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OCCASIONAL PAPER.

No. 6.

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VACANT MISSIONS ABOUT TO BE SUPPLIED.

l^JLTZr, 1884.

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' It is well known to the members of the Diocesan ('Imrch Society
that the Missions of Aberdeen, Albert, Canterbury, Johnston,
Madawaska, and Weldford h&ve, for a greater or less length of
time, been vacant. By an extra effort made last year, and chiefly by
means of special meetings held in various parts of the Diocese by His
Lordship the Bishop Coadjutor, funds were raised which enabled
the General Committee to re-instate these Missions on the Mis-
sionary Schedule for 1883-4. The next difficulty was to procure
clergymen to take charge of them. In the absence of any «upply,
or prospect of supply, within the Diocese, recourse was had to
England j one Mission, Albert, has now been filled ; and it is
hoped that during the next few months most if not all of these
Missions will be supplied. But they are all, at present, feeble
Missions ; they need much assistance ; in the aggregate, a sum of
not less than $2,600. The effort, therefore, of last year, must not
only be repeated, but, if possible, increased. The whole number
of Missions requiring aid from the Society cannot he maintained
unless the voluntary subscriptions to the Society amount to
$8,500 annually. Last year, with all that was done to increase
them, these were only $7,200.

It is thought that a short account of the condition and wants of

the Missions above mentioned may well furnish the suVjject of an
Occasional l^aper; and so stimulate interest in, and incite larger con-
tributions towards the Mission-work of the Church in New Bruns-
wick. The following papers have, at the request of the Committee,
been vgry kindly prepared and contributed by several of the
clergy of the Diocese, who are, respectively, well actjuainted
with the Missions described.

I. ABERDEEN.

(a.) By the Rev. Arthur Hoadley.

The Mission of Aberdeen was set off from that of Andover and
established as a separate mission at the annual meeting of the
D. C. S., held in July, 1879.

During the latter part of July of the above year a Deacon was
placed in charge of the Mission.

Services were held regularly at the seven stations from July to
the following May,when, owing to rll-health, the Deacon-in-charge
was compelled to give up the work.

In speaking to those interested in this Mission one has discov-
ered that very little is really known about the geographical
position thereof.

First, then, a few words respecting the country contained in the
Mission. The district worked when the Mission was first opened
was that in Carletou County, lying on the eastern side of the St.
John River, (speaking roughly) between the village of Hartland
on the south, and the Parish of Perth on the north, including all the
back settlements lying to the east of the River St. John, and
extending as far into the woods as the head waters of the South-
west Branch of the Miramichi and the Xashwaak Rivers, with
the important settlements of North and West and Central
Glassville, Esdraelon, Beaufort, and several smaller settlements.

Scattered over this vast Mission there were from forty-five to fifty
families known to the first Missionary, claiming to be members of
the Church of England. Of the population, in that part of the
Mission lying on the bank of the River St. John, I think we shall
be quite safe in saying that, fully two-thirds are the descendants
of Church people, who would have remained true to the Church
of their fathers had she followed them with her teaching and

ministrations, when that portion of the Province was first settled; and
who will, even now, we believe from personal experience, receive
gladly the teachings of the C'hurch and return to the embrace of
their Holy Mother. If an energetic, strong man cottW be found,
who would be willing to undertake the work of organizing and to
carry it on for at least ten yearn, this Mission would be one of the
most promising in the Diocese.

The work undertaken some four years ago was full of encour-
agement. The services held at the various stations were always
l)articularly well attended, especially those at Beaufort, Glassville,
Hartland and Peel. At the Bible Classes and lectures held dur-
ing the Winter months, at the latter of which instruction was
given in the History and Doctrines of the Church, there was
always a large attendance and many adults became constant, and
deeply interested inquirers, three of whom were baptized, while
others expressed their intention of becoming candidates for con-
firmation.

Had the work been carried on, we feel confident that many
people in the Mission and from the Parish of Peel, particularly,
would have been added to the Church.

In some portions of the Mission the people are poor and unable
to contribute much, but we have no doubt that many, as they are
able, will be found willing, to do their part towards the support
of a Missionary if their richer brethren of the Diocese will give of
their abundance to aid them. If a properly organized system of
collecting were put ir force in the Mission the assessment of $200
could be raised without difficultv.

There are deposited in the Savings Bank, in the name of the
Bishop of the Diocese, in trust, about $120, for the purpose of
building a school chapel at Beaufort.

(b,) By the Rev. F. W. Vroom.

The village of Upper Peel, or East Florenceville (as it is more
commonly called), whicli is practically the centre of the Mission,
has now acquired a new importance from the bridge which is
being built across the St. John River at this point. There is a
prospect, too, of a new road being opened up from Esdraelon to
meet the river road a little below East Florenceville, which will
naturally become the business centre of the district. Considering
the probability of this village soon developing into a town, it is of
threat importance that the Church should nrcvpy the ground now,

while she has the opportunity. There is no risk to run ; for if
the anticipations regarding l^aat Florenccville should prove vain,
there is even now much work to be done there. The road along
the river is thickly settled, and the back settlements are growing
year by year.

Thougli the Mission has been so long vacant, the people have
not forgotten their love for the Church. "Whenever a clergyman
is found to take charge of the ^fission he will find faithful and
energetic laymen to help him in his work. It is true that the
Church i>eople are few and scattered, but it is believed that, with
regular services and the presence of a clergyman, the numbers
would soon increase, and many be brought into the Church. The
l)eople have already shown their earnest desire to have the Mis-
sion re-opened, and they wait in hope for a clergyman to be sent
to them.

II. ALBERT.

By the Bev. Canon Medley

This mission having been deserted by the Church of i-ngland
almost entirely for more than twenty years, it cannot be expected
that its prospects, from a Church point of view, will be very en-
couraging. We will, however, put before the Church people of
the Diocese the bare facts concerning the Mission of Albert, and
let them judge for themselves as to its needs.

The population of the County at the time of the last census
somewhat exceeded 11,000 (eleven thousand). Out of this num-
ber 456 are returned as members of the Church of England.
There are three consecrated and one unfinished churches ; three
stations where ser\'ices were regularly held during the incum-
bency of the last Missionary, and at least six other places which
might be opened as stations.

There are twenty communicants still left.

"We may well rejoice that Albert is no longer a vacant Mission.
On Thursday, the 28th of February, 1884, the Rev. A. J. Cress-
well, a Deacon who had just come from England, arrived at
Albert, and has since been diligently working in the Mission. He
WJ^ welpometl heartily by the people, and appears hopeful in hi^

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arduous work. He found a few willing Workers who had bIiowH
their zeal before his arrival by expending about $150 in repairs on
the Church at Hopewell Hill, and had also made U}) the assess-
ment required by the Board of Home Missions of the D. C. S.
towards his stipend. We shall look forward with much interest
to his first report, which will come before the General Committee
on July 1st.

No doubt the great extent of this Mission, over the entire area
of which our Church population is scattered, will be a hind-
rance to the work ftr several years to come, and will test the zeal
and energy of the Missionary sorely, but we are very h' peful con-
corning the future for Albert.

At Hillsborough, where there is no Church building, the peo-
))lo are very eager for the services of the Church. At Hopewell
Cape and Hopewell Hill they have already displayed more enter-
prise than their brethren in some of our best worked parishes.
At Hai-vey Corner a few faithful souls have pressed tlieir claims
for an open Church upon the ^lissionary. At Salmon Kiver tliere
i.s an opening for a strong station. At New Ireland, where twenty
years ago there was a thriving congi'egation which more than tilled
the Church, there are still some few families who only need a
little encouragement to make them as steadfast as ever. And then
Coverdale and Elgin parishes, although almost beyond the

reach of the present Missionary, who will live probably either at
Hillsborough or in the village of Albert, there is ample scope for
good, honest Church work.

The County of Albert is, by road, about 65 miles from its
northeast to its southwest boundary, and about 35 miles from its
noithwest to its southeast boundtay. In its missionary character
it is very similar to the County of Ecstigouclie, which, we well
remember, was once considered almost a hopeless Held for Church
operations. In answer to Ihe efforts of the past fifteen yeai-s, the
!^Iission of IJestigouche is now crying out for a second Missionary,
ami we believe that in less time than that, if the D. C. S. can only
strengthen the hands of the Missionary in Albert, who is evident-
ly much in earnest, and desirous of doing all he can, a second
jilissionary will be asked for that Mission. The interest, the
lively interest, of every true-hearted Churchman, no less tljan his
willing offerings, is needed, anvl this long-neglected work will be
done.

111. CANTERBUl^Y.

By the Rev. Canon Neales.

The Parish of Canterbury has been set apart as a separate
Mission of the Church for at least twenty-five years. It was at
first, and for about twenty years, in charge of the Rev. Thomas
Hartin, and upon his resignation it was served for two years up to
July 1st, 1881, by the Rev. Frederick Towers. Since that date
the Mission has been vacant. It has an area of about 400 square
miles and a population of 2,600. There are two consecrated
ChurcheM, and when there was a Missionary there, services w^ere
also held at three Mission stations.

No Sunday schools have been kept up during the vacancy.
There is neither parsonage nor endowment. An eftbrt has been
made of late by the Church Wardens, by canvassing the whole
Mission, to find how much money can be raised towards the sup-
I)ort of a Missionary, and it is found that at present a sum of $260
per annum is the most that can be hoped for.

Although there is, as might be expected, no little to discourage,
yet it is a matter of deep regret that the few who earnestly desire
it should not receive the regular ministrations of the Church, and
that the majority of the young are being lose to the Church alto-
gether. Yet, earnest, patient labor, with judicious teaching in
the distinct principles of the Church, would soon be found to
give much cause for encouragement in this now neglected part of
the Lord's field.

IV. JOHNSTON.

By the Rev. J. R. deW. Cowie.

Where is the Parish of Johnston, and where, in it, are the
Church stations'? These are questions often asked. Will
the reader come with us on an imaginary trip to Johnston ? There
are two ways to get there from St. John. If you wish to go with
the Missionary, who at present lives at Sussex Vale, he will drive
you across the Parish of Studholm, about seventeen miles in a

horthwedtci'ly direction, over veiy hilly roadd, to Knglish Settle-
ment, Avhere the Parish Church of Jolinston is. This gives the
reader the i)08itiou of this parish in relation to Sussex and Stud-
holm. But in the summer season there is a much easier way to
get to Johnstou, whicli will show its position very clearly. Let
the reader suppose himself to take the steamer from Indiantown
for the Washademoak Lake (or properly River). A sail of about
30 miles will bring him to the mouth of this Lake, and a farther
sail of 15 miles up the I^ke, having the Parish of "NVickham on
the right hand and the Paiish of Cambridge on the left, will bring
him to the southwesterly li?nit of the Parish of Johnston. This
parish lies on both sides of the Dike, and stretches back upon our
right hand, as we sail up the Lake, to the Parishes of Springfield
and Studholm, a distance of about 8 miles, and on our left luund it
stretches back to the Parishes of Waterborough and Chif/man, a
distance of four miles. Thus the reader will obsei-ve that Johnston
is 12 miles wide. Its length uj) the Lake is 20 mUes, where it
borders on the Parish of Brunswick. Consequently the area is
240 square miles, and it is surrounded by the Parishes of Cam-
bridge, Waterborough, Chipman, Brunswick, Studholm, Springtieid
and Wickham.

The position of English Settlement, the centre of Cbuich work
in this parish, has been shown in its relation to Sussex Vale.
Let us look at its position from the Lake up which we are sailing.

We have already sailed up the Lake 15 miles, and have just
entered the parish. Ten miles further brings us to Cody's, a set-
tlement on our right hand, where there is a landing called Arm-
strong's Landing. This is one of the stations, and service
is held here on the Sunday evening of the monthly visit of the
Missionary. Now English Settlement is six miles straight bock
from this point, on the right hand bank as we sail up the Lake ;
and this will help the reader to define its position.

Next in importance to English Settlement is Goshen, and its
position may be realized by drawing a straight line three miles
long from English settlement in a northeasteily dir^tion or up the
I^ake and parallel to it.

There is one more station in this parish, and its position may be
shown by again taking the steamer from Cody's and sailing u]>
the Lake five miles to Cole's Island, the head of navigation, and
walking from there three miles further, in the same direction, to the
Lower Canaan Rapids, on the Canaan River, which empties into
the Washademoak Lake. The reader must now have some idea of
the whereabouts of Johnston, and the position of the Fkiisk

('hutch ahil the three stations, OosheDi Cody's, and Lowol^
Canaan Kapids.

There are 1,735 souls in this parish, and the present Missionary
has in the last year found out 206 persons, or 47 families, who
adhere to the Church. 3ad it is to have to say, however, that only
12 of these have ever partaken of the Blessed Sacrament. Of
these 47 families, 18 live in or near English Settlement; 18 in
Groshen and adjoining settlements ; Ave at Cody's, and six at the Ka-
pids. There is only a monthly service at each of these stations at
present. On Friday evenings the Missionary visits the Rapids,
and has service in tlie School House, where the attendance is
sometimes up to 50. On the following day he visits the sick, and
in the evening holds a Guild meeting at English Settlement. On
Sunday morning he catechises the children, and has service in the
Parish Church, where the attendance has averaged 80 during the
past year. After dinner he drives four miles to Goshen, and has ser-
vice in the Orangemen's Hall, where from 80 to 100 people gather
in all kinds of weather. After this service he drives six miles to
Cody's, where once only the attendance was as low as 35, and it is
nearly always over 80. On Monday or Tuesday the Missionary re-
turns to Su8sex,and for a whole month the Church doors in Johnston
are closed. There is at present no preac-.cr of any of the denomina-
tions living in the parish, and when there was a Baptist preacher
many of the people came to Church instead of the meeting. Thus
the Church, if she puts forth her strength at once, has every op-
portunity of growing, and of winning back many whose fore-
fathers belonged to the Fold, but who themselves have strayed
away because they were not cared for.

The Parish Church has been thoroughly repaired, and is in a
good condition, although it is far from being church-like in its style
of architecture. The new church at Goshen is progressing rapidly,
and, if a little help is given to the earnest souls there, the Church
will be ready for consecration about the 1st of August. Offerings of
money, paint, nails, and especially furniture and hangings for the
chancel, will be thankfully received by the 3Iissionary.

But there is one thing above everything c '* which causes the
hearts of the Johnston people to be glad, and this is the prospect
of having a resident clerr„'yman among them very soon. The
Board lias promised $600 a year, and the people have already sub-
scribed the amount of the asseasment, viz., $200. To show that
they are in earnest, thirteen men, all heads of families, have signed
an agreement making themselves responsible for the amount of
assessment, so long as the Board continues th6 grant. This agree-
pient is npw in the Missionary's keening.

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In order that the resident clergyman might have a parsonage, a
])ortion of the money realized from the sale of the Glebe lands has
lately been invested in a small property., consisting of eight acres
of land, a house, and a good barn, situated in the very centre of
the parish and only about a mile from the Parish Church.

It is the writer's oi)inion that Johnaton promises to be a flour-
ishing parish, and one which in time will repay the D. C. S.
manifold. Through the hearty co-operation of the ^lissionary and
his people, Johnston bids fair to become one of the Church's
strongholds. It is an impossibility to work two parishes like
Waterford and Johnston together, as has been attempted during
the past year, for their nearest points are fully 20 miles apart and
their extremes are 40 miles apart, and the result of it in that
neither pai'ish has been properly worked. The question for you,
reader, is this, will you contribute liberally to the D. C. S. this
coming year, so as to enable that Society to carry out its wishes in
regard to Johnston, and many another parish similarly situated, or
will you withhold your offering while many of your brother
(Jhurchmen, through no fault of their own, are left without the
Church's ministrations ?

"Whoso hath this world's good and seeth his brother have need and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God
in him ?

V. MADAWASKA.

By the Rev. L. A. Hoyt.

The Mission of Madawaaka, originally settled by French Aca-
dians, received its first accession of JCnglish settlers about A. D.
1816.

Immediately after the induction of the Rev. S. D. Lee Street
as Rector of Woodstock, this clergyman visited the Mission
officially once a year, going as far as Baker Brook, a distance of
124 miles. To realize this, you will have to suppose the Rector
of St. John, in addition to duty, say at St. George, doing all the
Church work as far as Woodstock. In A. D. 1845, or thereabouts,
a district of one hundred and ten miles long, lying north of
AVakefield, was cut off f^-om the Woodstock Mission and placed ii^

chargo of one of the two travollinj:^ Missionaries of the Diocese —
the Rev. J. S. Thompson. The headquarters of this district were
at Andover. As the country around this centre became settled,
and required increasing attention from the Missionary, the ser-
vices at Madawaska were necessarily, to some extent, withdrawn ;
and for many years this Mission was obliged to be contented with
week-day services — quarterly — and with the ministrations of a
clergyman resident sixty miles distant. This is as though the
l)eople of St. John were dependent for all spiritual ministrations
on the services of a clergyman residing at Fredericton. In 1870,
when the Missions of the Diocese were being arranged fot sche-
dule purposes, the Parish of Madawaska, together with the fifteen
other parishes of this travelling Missionary's district, Avas included
in the Mission of Andover. The system then adopted required
that ore attention should be paid at some point where the guar-
antee might be, at least, attempted ; and this rendered anything
like the former attention to distant posts an impossibility. Hence
the spiritual famine became still more intense. Through all their
difficulties, the Church people of this jMission, though surrounded
by a hostile religious body, remained lof/cd to thr. Churchy prompt-
ly sending for their clergyman in case of need, and according him
a warm welcome whenever he made them a visit. 80 desirous are
they for a clergyman in their midst, that the few and feeble folk
who after so many years of destitution are left, now offer a sum
towards his support which averages $25 a year from every con-
tributor. The future i)rospects of this Mission are unusually en-
couraging. It is on the CJreat Road to Quebec. It is also at the
point where the railroad, when completed, will leave the St. John
River, consequently it will be the distributing centre for the great
lumber country of the Upper St. John. It is situated at a dis-
tance from any considerable town ; hence it must be the entrepot
for the large farming country by which it is surrounded. The
Protestants of the Parish of Madawaska are, almost to a man,
Church people. We are under grave responsibility to maintain
the Church in this Mission.

VI. WELDFORD.

1>Y THE Key. D. Forsyth.

The Mission of Weldl'orcl has an area of about 232 square miles,
and a population of about 3,000. It contains some very excellent
farming lands, atibrds extensive facilities for lumbering operations,
and there has recently been started, at the thriving village of
Mortimore on the I. C. II., near Weldford Station, a manufactory
for the production of a valuable extract of hemlock bark.

The religion of the population is largely Presbyterian, although
probably about 600 i)ersous have been baptized into the Church
of England. There are about twenty-five families who may be
regarded as reliable and zealous supporters of the Church, and no
doubt there would soon be more if the Mission were provided
with a faithful, jn-udent and zealous clergyman, whose settled
abode would be among the people committed to his charge.

The Varish Church, which has just been completed, is free of
debt. The sum of $400 is now in the Savings Bank, to be de-
voted to the erection of a parsonage as soon as the people have
raised a like sum for that pur})ose.

The number of communicants in the Mission is twentv-one, but
no doubt a larger number could be soon reported if a resident
clergyman were at work among the people.

There is one Sunday School, at which there has been an aver-
age attendance of about fifteen scholars in summer. This school,
no doubt, would become more efficient under constant pastoral
supervision.

There are four Mission Stjitions in the Parish, of which Weld-
ford Station, including the village of Mortimore on the I. C. R.,
is an important one. There is no doubt that a good work for the
Church can be done if services are regularly established in the
latter village.

There are about 332 acres of Church land in the Mission, besides
the Church reserve, on which the new Church is built. The in-
come from these lands, however, is small. For the present the
maintenance of the Missionary will probably depend for the most
part on the contributions of about twenty-tive families. JHo doubt

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this number •would, in a short time, be largely increased if the ser-
vices of the Church were regularly provided for the Parish.

From the foregoing it will appear what an important fidd the
Mission of Weldford presents, and it is to be hoped that the ways
and means may be provided without delay by which some faitliful
and zealous clergyman may "go forth to his work and to his
labour " among the people of this 'Parish. They will hail his
advent with a kind and hospitable welcome.

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